“Here is one of the worst things about having someone you love die: It happens again every single morning.”
― Every Last One
― Every Last One
“Though I knew in my mind that others had felt such loss, this loss was mine, and I felt that no one would ever understand it, and to try to explain the lonliness and pain I felt would be futile.”
― Dreams Unleashed
― Dreams Unleashed
“Parents shouldn't leave their kids unless —unless they've got to.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that you're going to take whatever lesson that person or animal was trying to teach you, and you make it true in your own life... it's a positive way to keep their spirit alive in the world, by keeping it alive in yourself.”
― The Time of My Life
― The Time of My Life
“I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone-you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.”
― Evermore
― Evermore
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